rump
rump definition
rump (rump)
noun
- the hind part of the body of an animal, where the legs and back join, or the sacral part of a bird
- a cut of meat, usually beef, from this part, behind the loin and above the round
- the buttocks
- the last, unimportant or inferior part; mere remnant
- a legislature or other body having only a remnant of its former membership, as because of expulsions, and hence regarded as unrepresentative and without authority
Etymology: ME rumpe < ON rumpr, akin to Ger rumpf, trunk (of the body) < IE base *remb-, *romb-, to chop, notch > Czech roubiti, to chop
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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